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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.35

কিন্তু এক নিবেদন করোঁ আর বার ।

বিচার করিয়া তাহা কর অঙ্গীকার ॥ ৩৫ ॥

kintu eka nivedana karoṅ āra bāra

vicāra kariyā tāhā kara aṅgīkāra

Translation

“Yet I still submit one petition to You. Please consider it, and if You think it proper, please accept it.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Make Requests Without Demanding Acceptance

  1. 1

    The speaker humbly submits one petition.

  2. 2

    He asks the Lord to consider the request rather than demanding agreement.

  3. 3

    He leaves acceptance to the Lord, asking Him to accept only if He thinks it proper.

How it feels

Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.

The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He saw the Dola-yātrā festival during the month of Phālguna, and in the month of Caitra He liberated Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. During the month of Vaiśākha, He began to tour South India.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kintubut
  2. ekaone
  3. nivedanapetition
  4. karoṅI do
  5. āra bāraagain
  6. vicāraconsideration
  7. kariyāgiving
  8. tāhāthat
  9. karado
  10. aṅgīkāraacceptance
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I make a request while leaving room for it to be declined?

Practice

When making one request today, ask the other person to consider it without pressing for agreement.

Live this todayMake Requests Without Demanding AcceptanceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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